Content Archive: June 2015

FBOs

Texas FBO Shines During Darkest Hour

Redbird Skyport, an FBO at San Marcos Municipal Airport in the heart of the Texas flooding, hosted a charity fly-in for the local Red Cross.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation Singapore Performs Global 8C Inspection

The aircraft will be undergoing a refurbishment during the maintenance downtime.
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Aircraft

Details Emerge on Falcon 5X Combined Vision System

For Dassault's new business jet, Elbit has designed a new system based on a multispectral array of sensors.
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European Bizav Flying Logs First Gain in 2015

Business aviation flying in Europe rose 0.7 percent year-over-year in May, to 73,436 departures, according to data released by WingX Advance.
Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Aviation GJT Boosts Paint Capacity

The company's new paint facility is intended to provide services for the larger, longer-range aircraft customers are using.
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Airlines

Other U.S. Airlines Oppose Big 3 in Gulf Subsidies Dispute

FedEx and JetBlue are among airlines urging the U.S. government to leave intact open skies agreements with UAE and Qatar.
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Avionics

Program Funds Airborne Ash Detection System Development

Program will test Elbit’s ClearVision infrared enhanced vision system and Nicarnica’s Airborne Volcanic Object Imaging Detector.
Training and Workforce

TRU To Provide Training for Fusion-equipped King Airs

Pilot training will be done at ProFlight’s Lutz, Fla., facility, while maintenance training will be at the new TRU Maintenance Training Academy in Wichita.
Rotorcraft

Kaman To Restart K-Max Production after 12-year Hiatus

The K-Max was certified in 1994 and the production line was shuttered in 2003 after 38 were built.
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Aircraft

Mitsubishi MRJ Low Speed Taxiing Test

Mitsubishi MRJ Low Speed Taxiing Test
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